Invited by Yuan Ze University, Li Hu delivered a keynote lecture titled “How We Learn to Stop Worrying and Still Love Housing” at the “Social · Housing · Design International Symposium” in Taiwan on March 29th, 2018. The Symposium was organized by Professor Chen Kuanhua, the dean of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University, and moderated by Professor Roan Chingyue. Five keynote speakers from across mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan, including Kuo Hsuyuan,  Yoko Kinoshita, Makoto Watanabe, Li Hu and Chang Chinghwa, shared their practice and insights in social housing and participated in a panel discussion with other guests.

Li Hu was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum taking place in Brisbane on March 16, 2018. He shared with audiences his observation on the challenges facing our environment and humanity today. Through some of OPEN’s latest projects on culture and education, he presented how architecture can be the medium to react to the challenges today and offer hope for the future.

The 2018 Asia Pacific Architecture Forum was hosted by Architecture Media and the State Library of Queensland(SLQ). As part of the Forum’s program, the launch event and book signing for OPEN’s new book Towards Openness was held at the Asia Pacific Design Lounge of the SLQ on March 17.

Li Hu, the founding partner of OPEN, was invited to speak at Hong Kong's Business of Design Week (BODW) 2017 on Dec. 7th. As a plenary speaker, he was interviewed by CNN Style and answered a series of rapid-fire exchanges on the design industry's future.

As Asia’s leading annual event in design and innovation, BODW brings to Hong Kong the world’s most prominent designers and creative figures to inspire, share, and network.

OPEN’s founding partner Huang Wenjing delivered a lecture titled “Love and Freedom, Architecture and Nature, Openness and Sharing” at Sunmao Talks, which took place at Tsinghua University on May 7th. Huang shared her experiences and thoughts on the design of several of OPEN's recent projects, including the Gehua Youth and Cultural Center, Garden School/ Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus, and Tsinghua Ocean Center.

A graduate of the Rice School of Architecture himself, OPEN's founding partner Li Hu returned to the campus and delivered a lecture titled “Project OPEN” on April 3rd, where he talked through OPEN's recent works and ideas.

Li Hu delivered a public lecture titled ‘Project OPEN’ at Columbia University's GSAPP on March 27th. Through the narratives of eight architectural projects, the lecture explored the relationship between the contemporary city and OPEN's recent practices.

OPEN’s founding partner Huang Wenjing was invited to give a lecture at Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University in Australia. Huang’s lecture took the structure of OPEN’s new book – OPEN ReAction, which introduced OPEN’s practice and thinking in recent years. Meanwhile, OPEN’s cinematic installation at Chicago Architecture Biennial kicked off its World Graduate School Tour at Bond.

Li Hu was invited to give lectures at Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University and Jia Xiang An Shan Art Museum in Chongqing. In the meantime, OPEN’s works were exhibited in the museum.

Li Hu gave lectures about OPEN's Recent Works in Nanjing University, Tianjin University and Tsinghua University.

Li Hu lectures at Hunan University during the academic week.